Susan Wingate will be at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 7 p.m. The Orcas Island author will be speaking about her newest book, Easy As Pie at Bobby’s Diner. The book is the second title in the Bobby’s Diner series. Wingate’s novel Bobby’s Diner received finalist awards in the International Book Awards, the National Book Awards, and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. If “Fried Green Tomatoes” met “The No. 1 Women’s Detective Agency, you’d have “Bobby’s Diner.” Running a diner ain’t always a piece of cake. When both wives of Bobby’s, his…
July 2010
July 30, 2010 at 2:59PM
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Green Lake's Streetwise Gardener: Shape up your garden with umbels, spikes, and cones
There are so many ways to design your garden: around color, bloom time, fragrance, or themes – and here’s the latest: garden-by-shapes. It’s as simple as painting a color-by-number cowboy, and the only trick you need to learn is how to see your plants’ shapes in growth and flower. Designers Piet Oudolf and Noel Kingsbury have written several books championing this style, which weaves a naturalistic tapestry as easy on the eye as it is on the cerebral cortex. A variety of spikes, balls and arches makes for a visual feast, as shown in these pictures: There, however, some vocabulary…
July 30, 2010 at 1:56PM
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This weekend in Green Lake
From the My Green Lake calendar: On Saturday afternoon, the Green Lake Library is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a party. The Green Lake Spiritual Center is hosting a grand opening celebration all day on Sunday. Building workshops and work parties are taking place at Green Lake Elementary’s Olallie Native Garden all weekend. ___________ The weekend’s events in Wallingord, Phinney Ridge and Greenwood, Maple Leaf, Fremont, and the U-District.
July 29, 2010 at 10:13PM
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Cat missing from 80th and Wallingford: Have you seen Nemo?
This is Nemo: Nemo is a domestic long-haired black cat. His owner, Naomi, describes him as having a tail that “doesn’t work” – it just drags behind him. Nemo, who lives near N 80th St and Wallingford Ave N, didn’t make it home last night (Wednesday, July 28, 2010). Naomi last saw him around 9 p.m. “He does have a propensity to leave his collar behind sometimes,” says Naomi, “but hopefully he is still wearing it.” Nemo’s collar has a tag with Naomi’s phone number on it: 480-268-3071. If you see Nemo, please give Naomi a call.
July 29, 2010 at 4:52PM
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Green Lake photography: Tristan Beedon of Bifocal Studios
We love to feature photography on My Green Lake. Here, we see some highlights from Tristan Beedon‘s work in Green Lake. You can find more photos from Tristan’s Green Lake series, featuring models Oralie Randall and Erika Bleyl, on the BifocalStudios flickr photostream. If you would like to share your photographs of the lake or neighborhood, send them our way. Thanks, Tristan!
